18Date of entitlement

18 Date of entitlement

The date on which a person shall be entitled to be credited with war gratuity in respect of the service of a member shall be the date six months after the cessation of hostilities or, in the case of a member who is serving as a member on that date, either: (a) the date on which the member’s service terminates; or (b) the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and forty‑seven; whichever is the earlier date: Provided that, in any case to which section fourteen of this Act applies, war gratuity may be credited as from any date later than six months after the cessation of hostilities, but not later than the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and forty‑seven: Provided further that, in the case of any member included in a class of members specified in a Proclamation under subsection (3) of section nine of this Act, if the date proclaimed as the date upon which the general qualifying service of such class shall cease is subsequent to the date six months after the date of cessation of hostilities but prior to the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and forty‑seven, the date so proclaimed shall be the date of entitlement.